Dozens arrested, more arrests possible in Benton dogfighting raid

2:36 PM,
Apr. 1, 2013

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The Clarion-Ledger

Dozens of people are behind bars in a Marshall County jail after authorities broke up a large dogfighting ring over the weekend.

Benton, Marshall, Fayette and DeSoto county deputies, as well as officials from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spent the day cleaning up and looking into the complex ring, according to WREG-TV out of Memphis.

Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson told the Memphis Commercial Appeal that 40 people were arrested Saturday night in rural Benton County, bringing to an end one of the largest dog-fighting events in the United States. Benton County Deputy Joe ...